Lance Tormey

Pure valley boy. Grew up in Yakima. Graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1982 and Seattle University in 1997. I've been reading, writing and producing news for KIT since 1992. I married my elementary school sweetheart and am the proud father of an 18-year-old daughter who attends Heritage University and is studying to be a doctor. When I'm not working, I'm skiing. Been on skis for the past 41 years.

The Common Deer will be headlining the entertainment on the Legends Casino and Hotel stage this Thursday night on historic North Front Street in Yakima for another installment of Downtown Summer Nights, powered by Stewart Subaru.Thursday's opening act will start at 6 p...

Firefighters continue to battle the flames of a fire in the Wenas Valley that's grown to more than 1,000 acres since it was reported early Tuesday in the 4900 block of Wenas Road.Joe Smiley with the State Department of Natural Resources says the brush and grass fire is being pushed by wind, and that…

In an exclusive interview, Yakima County Prosecutor Joe Brusic appeared Thursday on The Morning News on KIT and talked at length about last week's DUI arrest of Yakima City Councilwoman Carmen Mendez.Brusic says he is charging Mendez with a DUI in Yakima County District Court...

Yakima Police say a 25-year-old clerk at the AM-PM store at 601 E. Yakima Ave. was shot and killed during a robbery of the store at about 2 a.m. Thursday. Police say the clerk was taken to a Yakima hospital, where he died.Before being taken to the hospital, he told authorities the store was robbed b…

"Let's Party" -- that's the theme to the Central Washington State Fair in 2017, which is celebrating its 125th birthday in the Yakima Valley.Fair President and General Manager Greg Stewart says plans are already underway for the 125th celebration Sept...

It started Thursday morning. The water started flowing into the Lake Aspen neighborhood and police and city crews responded. Yakima Police spokesman Mike Bastinelli says officers were called to the housing area on River Road at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning. "We first had to evacuate 11 …

Yakima city crews worked overnight and placed sandbags this morning in areas around the city to prevent flooding as warm weather melted the ice and snow of the past few weeks.High water in the west and southern parts of Yakima has caused several road closures...

Yakima Police have made an arrest in the January burglary and arson of the 40th Avenue Bi-Mart store. Spokesman Mike Bastinelli says detectives used video taken from the store on the night of the burglary to identify the suspect. The 32-year-old Yakima man was spotted near a local store and taken in…